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- Webcasting - and Pandora - saved!
- The Senate passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, described here. The bill goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it. "I'm relieved, optimistic, and grateful to our listeners," said Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora. (News.com) Even the RIAA was...
- Tags: Webcasting, RIAA, Webcaster, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 passes; Pandora to continue royalty negotiations
- On Friday night Tim Westergren and his dedicated Pandora team worked overnight to rev up listeners once again to get on the phone with their local Congressional representatives and fight in favor of the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (HR 7084). Once the House voted in favor of the bill...
- Tags: Settlement, Negotiation, Webcaster, Pandora, Free Trade, Team Management, Finance, Management, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayRE: House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayThank God. I know I called and wrote my congresspeoples.RE: House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayever since the napster ruling in 2000, the music industry record companies have gotten greedier. I agree...
- Tags: Strategy, Peer to peer (P2P), Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Webcaster, record company, U.S. Senate, industry
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today
- The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure from radio broadcasters and pass the Webcaster Settlement Act. Now, Pandora founder Tim Westergren says, the battle moves...
- Tags: U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Webcaster, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeArticle CorrectionMr. Berman is a Democrat, not a Republican.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeFixed. thanks.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeLovely. So the RIAA prop up successfully bought a judgment that...
- Tags: Pandora, SoundExchange, Webcaster
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close
- I've been loving the Pandora app on my touch so news that Pandora is about ready to "pull the plug," is a heart-breaker. And yup, the Post reports, it's because of the draconian burden on webcasting royalties sought by SoundExchange and approved by the Copyright Royalty Board....
- Tags: Webcasting, Webcaster, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100m
- Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100mDo the fees match the revenueIf anyone continues to think that webcasting is still a niche business with no revenues, this ruling should show just how much money exists in the current market.I think this ruling proves no such thing. I think it shows [i]how...
- Tags: Webcaster, ASCAP $100m, Webcast, radio, revenue
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100m
- A federal judge ruled that that webcasters owe ASCAP – one of three major performing rights organizations representing songwriters – a flat 2.5 percent cut of music revenues. It's a big chunk of change. For just the year 2006, it will cost AOL, Yahoo and Real...
- Tags: Ars Technica, Webcasting, Webcaster, ASCAP, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- OtsAV Radio (exe)
- OtsAV Radio allows Webcasters, Broadcasters, Solution Providers, and Businesses to broadcast with quality automated mixing, dynamics processing, and scheduling. Three editions are available--Webcaster, Narrowcaster and Broadcaster. Features include automated beat-mixing, intelligent fade-mixing, integrated Dynamics Processor, accurate to-the-second daypart scheduling, SHOUTcast and compatible plugin support, volume management, manual override, powerful media...
- Tags: Broadcaster, Webcaster, OtsAV Radio, Remote Access, Telecommunications
- Software downloads 2008-01-16
- Webcasters hope for progress on Net radio bill
- Webcasters hope for progress on Net radio billToo badI hope their efforts fail to get this bill passed. The government should not be in the music business. If webcasters want to play someone's music, they should have to obtain permission from the people who own the music. ...
- Tags: Vertical industries, government, Webcaster
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Webcasters dubious about SoundExchange offer
- After months of negotiations with SoundExchange, the record industry's royalty-collection agency, small Net radio stations say the group's compromise offer is unacceptable, AP reports.Under the latest proposal, small webcasters with earnings of less than $1.25 million a year could pay a cut of annual revenue in royalties, rather than the...
- Tags: Radio, Broadcasting Company, Webcaster, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- Net radio saved from the axe - maybe
- Taking the conflict all the way to the 11th hours and then some, SoundExchange, the broadcasting royalty collection arm of the recording industry, and Internet radio stations have agreed to a certain, limited repreive from what may stations considered a Draconian new rate structure, Wired reports.Under the new proposal, which...
- Tags: Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- 'Day of Silence' for Internet radio
- Gandhi would be proud of what probably is the Internet's first passive resistance protest--the "Day of Silence" coming to Internet radio on June 26. As a response to a court ruling that imposes huge increases on the royalty rates Internet radio operators must pay - which are applied retroactively, no...
- Tags: Courts, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
Additional Resources
- A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now
- When I spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren last week he told me that there would be a time when the Internet radio site would need to issue a call to arms to its listeners -- that time is now. Westergren sent a pleading message to his...
- Tags: Internet Radio, Radio, U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Pandora, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Rev. Jerry Falwell was a Webcaster and Podcaster
- Rev. Jerry Falwell was a Webcaster and PodcasterGood riddance to that hateful creepHe was a Podcaster and Podcaster? Good for him. Adolf Hitler was a great orator and wrote a book. What else you got?Rest in peaceI didn't care much for Rev Falwell's politics, but he stuck me as an...
- Tags: Rev Falwell, gay people, Podcaster
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Rev. Jerry Falwell was a Webcaster and Podcaster
- Regardless of what you think of Rev. Jerry Falwell, who died today:He was one of the leaders in making his sermons from the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., available via broadband Internet, as well as downloadable Podcasts via the iTunes store.As with other clergy, used modern technology...
- Tags: Case Studies, General, News
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
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